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About the episode
“We have to do something different. This has to be better.” Dr. Aumatma Simmons
Being told that miscarriage is common and just keep trying isn’t particularly helpful for a woman who has experienced pregnancy loss. Especially when she’s already had multiple losses, undergone genetic testing, and still doesn’t have answers. Then, for women in their late 30s or early 40s, there’s often the added pressure of feeling like they’re running out of time. Instead, we need to look more closely at what might be contributing to these losses and how we can support a healthier pregnancy.
As women’s health practitioners, we have to think beyond egg quality and reproductive hormones. Endometriosis can be an underlying factor even when a woman has very few symptoms, and conception and a healthy pregnancy are also influenced by immune function, environmental exposures, metabolic health, and the health of the male partner. The goal is to support the health of the entire couple and their future baby, while also considering the mother’s long-term health. That requires an individualized approach to testing and treatment rather than simply adding more supplements or rushing into another fertility cycle.
In today’s episode, I’m joined by my friend and fertility expert Dr. Aumatma Simmons to explore the underlying factors that can contribute to recurrent pregnancy loss. We discuss endometriosis, PCOS, environmental exposures, immune dysfunction, male-factor fertility, genetic differences that can influence supplementation strategies, prioritizing testing, addressing foundational health before focusing on egg and sperm quality, navigating fertility decisions during perimenopause, why conversations about reproductive health and egg freezing should begin much earlier in life, and more.
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Highlights
- The often-overlooked causes of recurrent pregnancy loss
- Why fertility evaluations should look beyond standard testing to investigate underlying issues
- The role of immune markers, mold screening, methylation, and sperm DNA fragmentation testing in fertility assessments
- How genetic differences can influence antioxidant responses and approaches to improving sperm health
- Why sperm motility and morphology may require different treatment strategies
- Dr. Simmons’ Restorative Fertility Method and its four stages
- The importance of building foundational health before pursuing fertility treatments
- Navigating fertility decisions during perimenopause
- What ovarian reserve testing can reveal when weighing natural conception against IVF
- The considerations around egg freezing for younger women with endometriosis
- Why optimizing egg health before freezing may be an important part of fertility planning
- The growing need for informed practitioners who can recognize fertility-related health challenges
Learn more about Dr. Aumatma Simmons
- Dr. Aumatma Simmons’ Website | HolisticFertilityInstitute.com
- Dr. Aumatma Simmons on Instagram @holisticfertilitydoctor
- Dr. Aumatma Simmons on LinkedIn
- Dr. Aumatma Simmons on Facebook @DrAumatmaND
- Dr. Aumatma Simmons on YouTube
About Dr. Aumatma Simmons
Dr. Cathleen King, DPT, is a doctor of physical therapy who loves teaching neuroscience principles. She is an intuitive mind-body practitioner, mom, and the founder and CEO of the Primal Trust™ Academy & Community. Her superpower is helping people with chronic health conditions see the patterns that have bound them, help them regulate their nervous systems through a multifaceted brain-body approach, and create transformational life changes.
She found her own liberation from over a decade of debilitating chronic Lyme disease, mold illness, microbiome imbalance, CFS, PTSD, and a host of other challenges that left her mainly bed-bound in a dark room. After unlocking her own healing through neuroplasticity-based methods and her own intuitive approach, she created the Primal Trust™ Academy & Community to combine the latest neuroscience education, wisdom from mind-body leaders, top-down brain retraining, and bottom-up somatic healing techniques to help others reclaim vibrant health.
Her program and style challenge the status quo while also coexisting with other methodologies. Her courses interweave biomedical teaching and neuroscience with both ancient and modern mind-body wisdom.
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Dr. Jessica Drummond
Founder & CEO
The Integrative Women’s Health Institute
At the Integrative Women’s Health Institute, we’ve dedicated 20 years to crafting evidence-driven, cutting-edge programs that empower practitioners like you to address the complexities of women’s health.
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